quest
英[kwest]
美[kwɛst]
- n. 追求；寻找
- vi. 追求；寻找
- vt. 探索
- n. (Quest)人名；(德)奎斯特
词态变化
复数: quests;助记提示
【例】in quest of adventure寻求冒险活动
【助记】quest(谐音快死她)--- 一般死前都有寻求别人的原谅, 人之将死, 其言也善.
1. 她快死了，但是很不甘心，还不想死，因此不断的拼命寻找、寻求最后的救命稻草。
2. 经过大街(st)时发现缺(que)了个东西，于是返回去寻找(quest).中文词源
quest 探索，疑问来自拉丁语quaere, 疑问， 询问， 查问， 可能来自PIE*kwo, 疑问代词词干， 词源同 quality,quantity,who,how.-st,过去分词后缀。
英文词源
- quest (n.)
- c. 1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita) "sought-out, select," past participle of quaerere "seek, gain, ask" (see query (n.)). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" (especially the search for the Grail) is attested from late 14c. Johnson's dictionary has questmonger "Starter of lawsuits or prosecutions."
- quest (v.)
- mid-14c., "to seek game, hunt," from quest (n.) and from Old French quester "to search, hunt," from queste (n.). Related: Quested; questing.
双语例句
- 1. I have not faltered in my quest for a new future.
- 我对新的未来的追求从未动摇过。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. My quest for a better bank continues.
- 我继续寻找一家更好的银行。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.
- 韦特毕生都在进行精神探索。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The Puritans became fugitives in quest of liberty.
- 清教徒变成了追求自由的逃亡者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Man will suffer many disappointments in his quest for truth.
- 人类在探索真理过程中必然会遭受挫折.
来自《简明英汉词典》